Monday Ground Up: Knight'sTemplar Connected to Adolf Hitler

In 1139 Pope Innocent issued a bull placing the Templars under an exclusive vow of papal obedience - a measure by which Aimeric effectively put all Templar resources at the disposal of the papacy. As their list of properties lengthened with donations from Italy, Austria, Germany, Hungary and the Holy Land, the Templars built hundreds of stone castles. Convinced they were building a new world, the Templars called each other frere macon (brother mason). Later this was anglicized into Freemason. In October 1307, King Philip of France arrested all but thirteen of the Templars in France, tried them, and upon evidence of their practice of the cabalah, found them guilty of blasphemy and magic. At least fifty knights were burned at the stake. A subtle provision in the Vox clamantis transfered most of the Templar estates to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, who took possesion after King Philip's death. In Germany and Austria, the Templars became "Rosicrucians" and "Teutonic Knights." The Teutonic Knights grew strong in Mainz, birthplace of Guetenberg's press. Six centuries later, as the "Teutonic Order," the Knights would provide the nucleus of Adolf Hitler's political support in Munich and Vienna.

The Edinburgh lodge would become the headquarters of Scottish Rite Freemasonry, which Masonic historians call "American Freemasonry" because all but five of the signers of the Declaration of Independence are said to have practiced its craft. In Spain and Portugal the Templars became the "Illuminati", and the "Knights of Christ." It was under the red pattée cross of the Knights of Christ that Columbus had taken possession of what he called "las Indias" for King Ferdinand V of Spain, the Holy Roman Emperor. (Rulers of Evil, p.39-40, Tupper Saussy)

The Knights Templar and Adolf Hitler

Oddly, this subject of the Knight's Templar and Adolf Hitler connection came out in the Assassin's Creed Video Game. Is this another attempt to forge two periods of history that have still left many questions unanswered? Here's a description of one aspect of the Assasin Creed Game

Despite their defeat at the hands of the assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the Templar order continued to exist within the shadow. Infiltrating or starting up countless corporate entities, the Templars positioned its members in several world-defining positions, improving the planets technological level significantly. The Templars also worked to stifle world progress however; Adolf Hitler used a Piece of Eden to rise to power in Germany, and subsequently started a world-wide conflict. He was "fought" by his Templar counterparts Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, who ultimately won the conflict though it appears that FDR was an assassin^.

Of course, one can only hold true some aspects of the game that can actually be proven by historians, and documented fact. However, as records show Adolf Hitler dabbled a bit in the Occult. In 1942, after Germany's invasion of Belgium, Hitler sent the Gestapo (Secret Police) to seek out the Offices of the General Secretariat of the Order of the Temple in Brussels. Hitler believed by looking into the Order's records in Belgium, he would gain knowledge and the whereabouts of the Ark of the Covenant. On  the night before the Gestapo arrived, Emile Clement Vanderburg, the Guardian of the Order, somehow was notified about Hitler's plans and he immediately collected the records and took them out of Belgium and into neutral-Portugal. He presented his records to the Grand Prior of Portugal, Don Antonio Campello de Sousa Fontes, who safeguarded them until the end of World War II.

Read more about the Records and what happened to them.

Also check out: Hitler and General Motors: The Connection that Led to an Automotive Superpower

Resources Zubras, Vincent. "Larmenius Charter and the Legitamacy of Modern Day Knights Templar." Knight Templar Organization. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Jun 2010 Hitler Photography Source

Monday GroundUp: Who Were They During the Middle Ages?

The Middle Ages were a time of great transition, artistic revelation, religious changes, and social transformations. The period covers an enormous amount of history starting from the 5th century until the 16th century. The perceptions of this period are greatly skewed, with many historians and archaeologists interpreting different traditions, literature, art, and architecture in many different ways.

It would be impossible to discuss all of the great minds of the Middle Ages, so I have chosen a few that I find fascinating. Who is your favorite figure from this time period and why?

Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Eleanor was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages. As well as being Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right, she was queen consort of France 1137-1152 and queen consort of England 1154-1189. She was the patroness of such literary figures as Wace, Benoît de Sainte-More, and Chrétien de Troyes. Henry and Eleanor eventually became estranged. She was imprisoned between 1173 and 1189 for supporting her son Henry's revolt against King Henry II.

Justinian’s Corpus Iuris Civilis

Corpus Iuris Civilis was a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence, issued from 529 to 534 by order of Justinian I, Eastern Roman Emperor. This code compiled, in the Latin language, all of the existing imperial constitutiones (imperial pronouncements having the force of law), back to the time of Hadrian. It used both the Codex Theodosianus and the fourth-century collections embodied in the Codex Gregorianus and Codex Hermogenianus, which provided the model for division into books that were divided into titles. These codices had developed authoritative standing.

Magyars

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Magyars were people from western Asia encouraged by the Byzantines to attack the Bulgers settled in modern day Hungary and made raids into western Europe. They were defeated by the Germans in the Battle of Lechfield and Christianized and founded the Kingdom of Hungar.

Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica

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Thomas wrote the Summa Theologica, in which 600 articles or issues were discussed, however it it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners as a compilation of all of the main theological teachings of the time. It summarizes the reasoning for almost all points of Christian theology in the West, which, before the Protestant Reformation, subsisted solely in the Roman Catholic Church. The Summa's topics follow a cycle: the existence of God, God's creation, Man, Man's purpose, Christ, the Sacraments, and back to God. It is famous for its five arguments for the existence of God, the Quinquae viae (Latin: five ways).

Throughout his work, Aquinas cites Augustine of Hippo, Aristotle, and other Christian, Jewish and even Muslim and ancient pagan scholars. He found found no conflict between faith and reason.

Teutonic Knights

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Teutonic Knights were founded to protect the Christian Holy Land near the end of the 12th century. They attacked the Pagan Slavs in the early 13th Century seizing east Prussia in 1226.By the end of the 13th century, Prussia had become Christianized and German.

Peter Abelard and Helois

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Peter was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician. The story of his affair with and love for Héloïse has become legendary. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary describes him as "the keenest thinker and boldest theologian of the 12th Century".

Frederick I Barbarossa

The Third Crusade was also referred to as the King’s Crusade Led by Frederick I Barbarossa of Germany (who drowned), Richard the Lionhearted of England and Philip Augustus of France (caught fever and went home).

He was a strong ruler and was the first to call his empire the Holy Roman Empire. Friedrich was able to control the German princes, however in turn, the Lombard League formed by his enemies was meant to oppose him along with the pope.

Later Frederick returned and arranged a settlement where they retained their independence by paying annual payments to the emperor. His son Henry VI (1191-1197) married the heiress of the Norman kingdom of southern Italy. His greatest claim to fame was that he was dead set to have the strongest kingdom since Charlemagne died too soon.

Hugh Capet

Around 987 – 996 Hugh Capet was chosen when the Carolingian king Louis the Sluggard, count of Orleans and Paris, when he died in 987. When he was chosen, the counts assumed that he would be a weak king, and they wanted someone they could control. Hugh did not disappoint them nor did his sons and grandsons who followed. The Capetians would rule for 200 years 987-1180. Time and geography were on their side.

Interesting Reading

Cities became divisive, merchants lost the economic advantages of safe environments for trade, and developments in learning suffered from the loss of a unified Roman Empire. The Church remained a powerful institution at the end of the Roman Empire. It was the constant unifying force between the many small kingdoms that appeared after the collapse. Read more about the Middle Ages By matt333



As Feudalism was based upon the ownership of land, the nobility, who also monopolize military force, exerted a great deal of control on the rest of society. Given the fact that this caste controlled much of the economic and military resources of their time, it may seem illogical that they often willingly subjected themselves to the clergy. Read more about Feudalism: Nobles, Clergy, Merchants, and Serfs By The Historian



Based on the retrospectives and actions of the humanist writers and masterminds of the 15th and 16th centuries, there is evidence that the Renaissance was an era of climax in the Middle Ages. Those who viewed themselves as pioneers of this grand rebirth were greatly influenced by literature of the successful Greek and Roman Empire. Enlightenment Thinkers During the European Renaissance By hotsauce369


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Situated in the centre of the old town, the church known as the Collégiale is good example of the style of Gothic architecture that flourished in the Rhine valley in the late Middle Ages. The Cathedrals of Strasbourg and Freiburg in Germany are also built in a similar style.



Collégiale Saint-Thiébaut

The building owes its name "La collégiale" to the college of monks who moved to Thann from the nearby town of Saint-Amarin in 1442. Construction of the collégiale tooke more than 200 years, from the end of the 13th Century into the 15th Century, and was completed in 1516 with the 78m tall spire.





Porche de la Collégiale Saint-Thiébaut (détail du petit tympan droit)
Main entrance of the Collégiale Saint Thiébaut (detail)

Pictures compliments of OliBac